LANSING, MI -- Police here are investigating after a convenience store was held up early Thursday.

Lansing police are looking for a trio of men who allegedly robbed L & M Quickstop early Thursday.Courtesy photo

Lansing police public information officer Robert Merritt said police responded to L & M Quickstop, 1701 W. Willow St., after it was reportedly robbed at gunpoint about 1:30 a.m.

Police learned from witnesses that three men entered the store with hoods drawn around their heads and scarves covering their faces. Two of them had guns; the third had a can of mace, according to Merritt.

An employee at the store surrendered an undisclosed amount of cash and the suspects fled the scene on foot in a northerly direction. Witnesses said the trio boarded a white vehicle parked a short distance from the store.

No one was injured in the incident. Lansing police detectives are working the case.

Those with information on this incident are asked to call the Lansing Police Department's Crime Stoppers line at 517-483-STOP.

Anonymous tips can also be sent to the department via text message at 847411. Begin the message with "LPD517," then text your tip.